How Many People Are Named Merideth?
people named Merideth are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 211,631 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,761 babies named Merideth in Social Security records from 1916 to 2023, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
61 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of MEREDITH.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Merideth in English. Counting Merideth and these spellings together, about 4,088 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Merideth in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Merideth alive today is about 43 years old, and 64% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 30 and 53 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Merideth first appears in the records in 1916 and was given most often in 1972, to 61 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2023.
Babies given the name each year, 1916 to 2023
🏆 Rank History
Merideth has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,533, in 1972.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,533 (1972) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,905 in the 1970s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Merideth alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Merideth were born in Texas than in any other state: about 49 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Merideth was given about 4.5 times as often in Texas.
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